enjoy it (by i enrapture)
Ira Glass in Conversation with Liv Combe - "Full-Stop.net" →
Usually if a normal person appears in the newspaper or in the news broadcast or appears in the subject of journalism, it’s either because they’re the victim of a catastrophe of some sort, or the victim of a crime, or they became exceptional in some way that made them newsworthy. And so to just do stories documenting actual, ordinary life— that still is not done that much. Just the notion that you’re hearing people who are exactly human-scale still seems kind of new.
Comparison: The Big Pink “Stay Gold” and their previous works.
… don’t want to sound like a music snob, but these guys could do so much better. …
Good examples of their potential? Check out “An Intro to Awareness,” “Too Young to Love,” “A Brief History of Love” and “Stop the World.” <— some very creative sounds.
"Stay Gold" is catchy, it satisfies our immediate cravings for something upbeat, but I have a feeling we’ll all be over it very quickly. Not very memorable. Night and day next to the examples above.
samrandom submitted:
Conrad Schumann
The most famous of these escapes was made by 19-year-old guard Conrad Schumann on August 15, 1961—50 years ago today—just the third day of the wall’s construction. Since the “wall” was really just piles of barbed wire at that point, Schumann jumped over the wire in his uniform while toting his machine gun. A photographer caught Schumann’s flying leap, and the jump to freedom became an iconic Cold War image. Schumann eventually settled in the southwestern state of Bavaria and worked as a machine operator. He committed suicide in 1998.
Couldn’t have put it better Soundboard. Explosions in The Sky is more of an experience than a band. Very few bands give me the same peace when I listen to them. Grabs your attention and holds it in one place - then takes you on a cathartic journey.
There are few things better than lying down in bed with the lights out, headphones on, volume up, listening to Explosions In The Sky.
Believe me, it’s always a pleasure for me to listen to this band. I feel at peace, my problems vanish, and in my mind conjures up beautiful images. When the song is over, all I want to do is to capture those images on the paper. I guess that’s what’s called inspirational music.
I really hope you enjoy this one as much as I do. Have a beautiful 1st of September, especially our Tuesday panel member from Boston (it’s his birthday)!
— Viu.